I've had a very busy day, between being online and things at home. My wife has had the flu the past week and isn't up to par yet, so I've been filling in helping with the day to day domestics. Making the bed, cleaning the litter box, doing dishes, vacuuming...you know, house stuff!
Our grandson likes to spend the weekends with us now and then, and when he's here, well, we spoil him. We always have treats on hand for him, but today besides the usual treats, he and I are going to make a pizza. He loves it, I love it, and my wife can manage a piece and thats about it. Maybe I'll heat a can of soup up for her!
My Grandson Hurricane Braeden helping cut toppings up
He wore his Grandmas glasses for eye protection cutting onions
Now I'm very good at making pizza, and very fussy as well. I've been making my own pizzas for many years, and can probably count on two hands the amount of pizzas we have ever ordered take out for... that would be occassions I may not have been able to make one myself...various reasons, we'll leave it at that!
So today...
Skips Pizza
Now I know many of you would rather order out, than make your own pizza. Don't you just wish that for once, you'd get a Good Pizza? They aren't really hard to make, and they are always better than what comes in those pizza boxes...not to mention, you don't have to worry about what diseased, grubby paws, made your pizza. Also, if you might have been a little bit of an asshole, trying to understand the person that was taking your order...who knows what foreign substance, may have been baked into your ordered out pizza?
Okay, shall we make this or what?
** The Crust**
1/2 cup of warm water
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 pkg. of active dry yeast
2-2 1/2 cups of flour
1/8 cup of vegetable oil (you can use virgin olive oil for a softer crust)
1/2 teaspoon of salt
Method
Place the water in a medium sized mixing bowl, stir in the sugar. Sprinkle the yeast on top of the water, and let stand for 10 minutes.
Add the oil and salt, then about 3/4 cups of flour, and stir to a smooth batter. Now, gradually add flour, mixing as you go. The purpose is to end up with a smooth, non sticky ball.
Knead the dough, about 5 minutes, place the dough in a well greased bowl, cover, and let rise for an hour. Punch the dough down, after an hour, and cover, let rest for 15 minutes.
It is now ready to use!
Toppings
Okay, here you can pretty well go crazy. Please don't put pineapple on your pizza... Use whatever else you like on your favorite pizzas. Here's what I use:
Green Pepper
Mushrooms
onion
bacon
ground beef
salami
pepperoni
black olives
mozzarella cheese
Parmesan cheese
pizza sauce (use whatever kind you like) I use to make my own, but it's very time consuming
caraway seed (optional)
oregano (optional)
Here's how you put it all together. First, you spread the sauce over the dough, you have spread out evenly in a 12 inch pizza pan. Sprinkle the oregano over the sauce, a well as some caraway seed.
Spread some onion on the sauce, then sprinkle a generous amount of mozzarella cheese. Now sprinkle some parmesan cheese. Now, add your sliced green pepper, mushrooms, and pepperoni, and salami. Add more Cheese! Now add the bacon, and ground beef, and finally the black olives.
Place your pizza in a preheated to 425 degree oven, and bake. The crust should be a golden brown, and the cheese should be showing some light brown as well. Take the pizza out of the oven, let sit for a couple minutes to settle, and then cut in slices and serve! Don't cut it in too many slices though, I usually only cut it in 4 instead of 8, because I've found I can only eat 4 slices at a sitting! :)
** Hope You Like This recipe, It's great!**